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| Greedy fire ants cover this injured Blue Devil and finish her off. In an hour, there will only be the husk of her body. | This Blue Devil is caught in a spider web. The spider is careful to stay at the head end. Who will eat whom? |
Turn about:
Trypoxylon as prey
Trypoxylon politum
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| Greedy fire ants cover this injured Blue Devil and finish her off. In an hour, there will only be the husk of her body. | This Blue Devil is caught in a spider web. The spider is careful to stay at the head end. Who will eat whom? |
Image Copyright 2002, David L. Green
Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)
invading nest to eat the brood.
How can anything withstand the continous onslaught?
Trypoxylon
larvae: her babies
Trypoxylon pupae: her adolescents
Trypoxylon prey: found in nest
Trypoxylon gathering mud
